Draw-bar yoke.



w. D FORSYTH.

DRAW BAR YOKE.

APPLICATIONYFILED AUG.28, 1912.

1,188,433. PatentedJune 27, 1916. v

N 5 E 5 6) w v z a U v U] a N v w m N P". R Q Lr fi' L WITNESSES serene s'rariis Parana orriosQ WILLIAM D. ronsvcrn. or YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, ASSIG-NOR, BY manor AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T RAILWAY rnonootrs oonrona'rron, or BUFFALO, NEW'YORK,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

DRAW-Bait YOKE.

To (ZZZ whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, VILLTA D. FORSYTH,

a citizen of the United States, residing-at ioungstown, 1n the county of Mahonmg v attaching and detaching said yokes to and.-

.t'rom the draft gear of the cars upon which they are used.

The principal objects of my invention are to provide a draw bar yoke made'up of interchangeable parts of simple and cheap construction, preferably of metalforgings; said parts being capable of performing their respective functions wherever placed in said yoke, and said yoke as an entirety being capable of quick and cheap attachment and detachment to and from the draft gear of the cars upon which they are used. i'i'hether said cars be in transit or in the shops, and whether said yokes be attached. or detached in and from said that gear as an original installation thereon, or from time to time for purposes of repair.

My invention consists of a draw bar yoke' nzade up of several interchangeable parts and the appliances for attaching and detaching said yokes to and from the draft gea r on which they are to be used as hereinafter more specifi -ally set forth.

in the accompanying drawings forming part of this specificathm, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved draw bar yoke. Fig. .2 is an end view of Fig. 1 with the draw bar in section. Fig. 3 is a view of the end of the draw bar yoke, opposite the draw -16 bar end, showing the draft sills of'the car on which the draw bar is used. Fig. 4 shows a top plan view and edge vview oi the yoke side bar shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 shows an end view and a top plan view f the clevis or sleeve shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 shows a top plan vii-nvand edge view of a modified form of yoke side bars with the shoulders at the draw bar end notched in the edges of said bars. Fig. 7 is an end view and top plan view of clevises to be used with yoke side bars of the type shown in the. several figures.

Specification 01', Letters Patent.

BatentedJune 27, 1916.

Application filed August 28 1912. Serial No. 717,506.

Like figures of reference refer to like parts throughout.

In the various figures, 1, 1, represent the draft sills of the car.

2 represents yoke side bars, having at the,

draw bar end inwardly projecting shoulders at 3 and 4, and at the endopposite the draw bar end, a deeper inwardly projecting shoulder at 5, which has an extension (3. At the drawfbar end, yoke side bar has a perforation 7. Each extension 6 has a perforation 8.

9 is a draw bar which has shoulders at 10,

10, each corresponding inv dimension and form with shoulder 1 ofyoke side bar 2; said draw bar has a perforation 11.

' 12 is a collar or sleeve, rectangular in shape, which has hole 13 and is ofsutl'ieient size to pass over the draw bar ends of yoke side bars 2, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

14 is a pin of such size that it will pass through hole 13 of the collar 12, holes 7 of yoke side bars 2, 2, and hole 11 of draw bar 9. Said pin 14 has a hole 15 through which a cotter pin 16 may be passed.

12, Fig. 7, is a collar which passes over extensions 6, 6, of yoke side bars 2, 2, and is provided with a perforation 17.

18 is a pin of such size that it will pass through hole 8 of each extension 6 and hole 17 of collar 12'. Said pin 18 has a hole 19 for the reception and retention of a cotter pin 20.

21, 21, are two spring seat, plates which abut against shoulders 3 and 5, respectively, of yoke sidebars 2. Upon said. spring seat plates spiral spring 22 is mounted.

23 are bars which are removably bolted to the lower flange of sills 1, 1, by nuts and bolts 2'1, 2+1 as shown. in Figs. 1 and 3, to support-the draw bar yoke thereon.

In Fig. (3 2 is a modified yoke side bar in which the shoulder 3 is substituted for the shoulder-b of yoke bar 2, the shoulder 3 of yoke bar 2' being notched in the edge of yoke side bar 2, instead of being formed by an angle or bend therein. Said yoke side bar 2 has a shoulder 4, a shoulder 5',.a, hole 7', and an abutment 6', having a hole liVhat I claim as my inventiorris; 1. A draw bar .yoke comprising perforated yoke side bars each having a shoulder eteeoh of their ends, and a shouldes intei' mediate their ends, and a perforated extension at one of then: ends; perforated collars adapted to. be mounted upon the ends of said side bars and the extensions thereof respew tively, and removable pins passing through the perforations of said side bars the of:- tensions thereof, and said collars.

A drew her yoke comprising a pair of yoke side hers, each having an end portion ofi'set toward theotl'ier yoke side bar, the ends of said offset. portions being bent toward each other, a, draw but having an end mounted between said offset portions and having shoulders engaging said' bent ends,

the ends of said yoke side bars opposite to.

said bent ends being bent toward each other end having extensions arranged substmn tielly parallel with each other, a collar surrounding said offset portions and a second collar sin-rounding said" extensions, said- 'portions and said offset 3. A diaw oer yoke formed of two s bars, removable collars for the respee. ends of said side baits, removable pina through said collars and seid side bars on ii removable fastening for retaining ssh pins in place, each of said sidebars being bent to form shoulders thereon located be.

tween its ends. f V

In testimony whereof l. have hereunto my hand in the presence of two snlisei ibing;

witnesses I IL- JAKE l). FUBSYN M. iner-ins, J. F. UALLA'HAN. 

